HARDY, Thomas. Notes on Stinsford Church.
Original 4pp. original typescript in the form of a letter to the Restoration Committee of the Church, dated April 1909 from the Athenaeum in London, signed in Hardy’s hand in ink, ‘Yours very truly, Thomas Hardy’, with annotations and a small architectural drawing by Hardy. He gives his professional architect’s view on how best to preserve the church
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Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Together with 3pp. of later typed notes about the letter and a fair copy of a typed letter to Hardy thanking him for a poem.
Housed in a later tan cloth portfolio with lettering in gilt on upper cover.
Together with: HARDY, Thomas. Ancient Earthworks at Casterbridge.
Extract comprising pp.281-288 of the English Illustrated Magazine Christmas 1893, with the original wrappers of the magazine, bound in later half blue 3morocco and blue cloth with lettering in gilt on the upper cover.
Exlibris of the great Hardy collector Frederick Adams, Jr., sold at Sotheby’s 15/12/05
Provenance: Property from the library of a Dorset Gentleman.
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